Psalm 34:3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

It's so easy for us to try to go it alone, isn't it? We forge ahead, working on sheer emotion or will. We dash headlong into a situation thinking we can handle it all on our own. This is a little problem; why bother God with it?

Or, on the flip side, we don't go it alone; we run away. The problem seems as big as an enemy army and so we hide in the castle, pulling up the drawbridge behind us. This is a big problem, maybe even too big for God. Or because it's a problem of our own making, we think God doesn't care.

In both cases, we've developed an out-of-focus view of God. We think He's too big to deal with our little problems, or He's too small to deal with our big problems. When we see God as smaller and less powerful than He is, we miss out on the blessings of His strength to help us. When we set aside His promises to be with us through everything we face - small or big, our own fault or not - we miss out on experiencing His mercy and grace to help us in our time of need.

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